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meaning_n whereof_o be_v that_o what_o ministry_n and_o power_n soever_o the_o church_n have_v to_o teach_v and_o rule_v we_o in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o point_n of_o faith_n which_o authority_n no_o protestant_n will_v deny_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o true_a church_n or_o to_o be_v needful_a yet_o all_o thing_n whatsoever_o belong_v to_o faith_n and_o the_o church_n by_o any_o authority_n may_v propose_v unto_o we_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o may_v be_v prove_v thereby_o alone_o the_o say_a church_n authority_n be_v only_o a_o requisite_a condition_n subordinate_a for_o the_o ready_a attain_n to_o the_o sense_n and_o use_v of_o the_o scripture_n but_o no_o rule_n or_o principle_n either_o above_o or_o with_o the_o scripture_n whereinto_o any_o man_n faith_n in_o any_o point_n be_v resolve_v so_o that_o it_o
praed_fw-we sect_n 6._o other_o that_o hold_v predestination_n to_o be_v ex_fw-la praevisis_fw-la to_o deliver_v it_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n lessius_fw-la a_o jesuite_n among_o the_o rest_n have_v one_o 75._o one_o 5._o assert_v pag_n 367._o n._n 75._o assertion_n that_o contain_v all_o this_o all_o the_o justify_v be_v elect_v and_o predestinate_a to_o glory_v but_o this_o election_n and_o predestination_n be_v not_o complete_a but_o require_v a_o condition_n on_o our_o behalf_n that_o it_o may_v be_v complete_a the_o which_o condition_n it_o be_v in_o our_o own_o power_n to_o accomplish_v or_o not_o to_o accomplish_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v also_o in_o our_o own_o power_n to_o make_v that_o our_o predestination_n may_v be_v complete_a aureolus_n rom._n aureolus_n 1._o d._n 41._o art_n 1._o pag._n 490._o edit_n rom._n say_v that_o all_o school_n man_n which_o hold_v predestination_n ex_fw-la praevisis_fw-la expound_v that_o god_n will_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v antecedent_o before_o their_o work_n but_o not_o consequent_o by_o his_o will_n follow_v the_o foresight_n of_o their_o work_n which_o word_n make_v the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n antecedent_n and_o consequent_a will_n thus_o expound_v to_o set_v the_o first_o act_n of_o god_n love_v jacob_n after_o the_o foresight_n of_o jacobs_n good_a life_n and_o to_o make_v the_o foresight_n of_o man_n good_a or_o ill_a desert_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o election_n and_o reprobation_n the_o question_n then_o between_o the_o jesuite_n and_o i_o touch_v predestination_n will_n the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n touch_v god_n antecedent_n will_n be_v this_o not_o whether_o god_n from_o all_o eternity_n decree_v to_o punish_v the_o reprobate_n eternal_o for_o their_o sin_n so_o that_o their_o sin_n shall_v be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o their_o damnation_n for_o this_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o the_o true_a state_n be_v touch_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o decree_n itself_o that_o be_v to_o 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the_o cause_n of_o their_o rejection_n 11_o the_o which_o doctrine_n of_o my_o adversary_n how_o plain_a soever_o he_o think_v it_o to_o judicious_a wit_n whether_o predestination_n be_v in_o the_o corrupt_a mass_n of_o sin_n or_o before_o and_o whether_o the_o foresee_v work_n be_v understand_v to_o be_v of_o grace_n or_o of_o nature_n be_v false_a upon_o five_o ground_n first_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o very_a opinion_n of_o the_o massilian_n who_o of_o all_o hand_n be_v hold_v to_o have_v be_v semipelagian_n or_o the_o relic_n of_o pelagius_n prosper_n august_n prosper_n epist_n ad_fw-la august_n say_v this_o be_v their_o profession_n that_o every_o man_n sin_v in_o adam_n and_o that_o no_o man_n be_v regenerate_v to_o salvation_n by_o his_o work_n but_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n nevertheless_o the_o propitiation_n which_o be_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n blood_n be_v propound_v to_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n that_o whosoever_o will_v come_v to_o faith_n and_o baptism_n may_v be_v save_v but_o who_o will_v believe_v and_o who_o will_v persevere_v in_o that_o faith_n which_o afterward_o shall_v be_v holpen_v by_o god_n grace_n those_o god_n foreknow_v before_o the_o world_n be_v make_v and_o those_o he_o predestinate_a unto_o his_o kingdom_n who_o he_o foresee_v be_v free_o call_v will_v be_v worthy_a of_o election_n and_o will_v depart_v this_o life_n well_o and_o faustus_n that_o be_v a_o bishop_n of_o that_o sect_n 2._o sect_n de_fw-fr great_a &_o lib_n arb_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o say_v what_o god_n may_v foresee_v or_o foreordain_a touch_v we_o concern_v that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v that_o consist_v in_o our_o well_n or_o ill_o do_v 833._o do_v cap._n 3._o pag._n 833._o it_o be_v one_o thing_n for_o god_n to_o foreknow_v and_o another_o to_o predestine_v prescience_n foresee_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v and_o then_o afterward_o predestination_n appoint_v the_o reward_n that_o foresee_v the_o merit_n this_o fore-ordaines_a the_o reward_n when_o that_o have_v pronounce_v a_o cause_n than_o this_o foretell_v the_o sentence_n and_o so_o unless_o god_n prescience_n discover_v something_o his_o predestination_n decree_v nothing_o this_o be_v the_o self_n same_o that_o my_o adversary_n 166._o adversary_n pag._n 166._o write_v how_o god_n upon_o the_o foresight_n and_o respect_n of_o man_n live_n and_o die_v well_o in_o the_o secret_a chamber_n of_o his_o divine_a knowledge_n and_o will_n pronounce_v a_o particular_a sentence_n and_o decree_n of_o salvation_n to_o some_o and_o of_o damnation_n to_o other_o which_o also_o be_v the_o doctrine_n whereinto_o this_o exposition_n of_o god_n antecedent_n and_o consequent_a will_n be_v resolve_v again_o if_o god_n predestine_v no_o man_n to_o his_o end_n but_o upon_o the_o foresight_n and_o respect_n of_o his_o work_n than_o he_o have_v no_o perfect_a or_o formal_a will_n to_o elect_v any_o but_o after_o the_o foresight_n of_o his_o good_a life_n nor_o to_o reprobate_v any_o but_o after_o the_o foresight_n of_o his_o evil_a life_n which_o be_v so_o i_o demand_v whence_o it_o come_v that_o the_o elect_v believe_v and_o the_o reprobate_n believe_v not_o and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o god_n foresee_v grace_n in_o the_o one_o and_o sin_n in_o the_o other_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v answer_v either_o that_o it_o be_v god_n will_v the_o elect_v shall_v have_v grace_n and_o the_o reprobate_n no_o grace_n give_v they_o or_o that_o they_o believe_v or_o not_o believe_v of_o their_o own_o free_a will_n by_o the_o strength_n of_o nature_n without_o any_o work_n of_o god_n this_o latter_a be_v gross_a pelagianisme_n make_v nature_n the_o beginning_n of_o grace_n but_o if_o the_o former_a be_v grant_v that_o god_n foresee_v no_o grace_n but_o what_o himself_o predestinate_v to_o give_v nor_o no_o sin_n but_o what_o upon_o the_o withhold_n of_o his_o grace_n the_o reprobate_n will_v free_o work_v then_o against_o all_o discourse_n this_o make_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o predestination_n which_o be_v a_o effect_n ensue_v on_o it_o for_o therefore_o god_n will_v and_o do_v give_v grace_n because_o first_o he_o have_v elect_v and_o will_v give_v no_o grace_n because_o he_o have_v reprobate_v as_o i_o will_v show_v by_o and_o by_o 12_o second_o it_o be_v a_o ground_n both_o in_o divinity_n and_o nature_n that_o the_o will_n intend_v the_o end_n before_o the_o mean_n hence_o it_o follow_v that_o god_n can_v have_v this_o consequent_a will_n to_o save_v upon_o the_o foresight_n of_o grace_n for_o i_o reason_n thus_o d._n thus_o quia_fw-la volens_fw-la ordinatè_fw-la finem_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la prius_fw-la vult_fw-la finen_n quam_fw-la aliquod_fw-la entium_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la talem_fw-la finem_fw-la alia_fw-la vult_fw-la ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la process_n quo_fw-la creatura_fw-la beatâ—ficabilis_fw-la perducitur_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectum_fw-la finem_fw-la cum_fw-la finis_fw-la vltimus_fw-la sit_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la perfecta_fw-la deus_fw-la volens_fw-la huic_fw-la aliquid_fw-la istius_fw-la ordinis_fw-la primo_fw-la wlt_fw-la hvic_n creaturae_fw-la beatificabili_fw-la finem_fw-la et_fw-la qvasi_fw-la posterius_n wlt_fw-la sibi_fw-la alia_fw-la qvae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la illorum_n qvae_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la finem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la gratia_n fides_n meritum_fw-la &_o bone_fw-la usus_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la omnia_fw-la ista_fw-la ad_fw-la istum_fw-la finem_fw-la sunt_fw-la ordinata_fw-la licet_fw-la quaedam_fw-la remotiùs_fw-la &_o quaedam_fw-la propinquiùs_fw-la ergo_fw-la primo_fw-la isti_fw-la wlt_fw-la deve_n beatitudinem_fw-la qvam_fw-la aliqvid_n istorum_n et_fw-la prius_fw-la wlt_fw-la â—i_fw-la qvodcunqve_n istorum_n qvam_fw-la praevideat_fw-la ipsum_fw-la habiturum_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la istorum_fw-la jgitur_fw-la propter_fw-la nullum_fw-la istorum_n praevisum_fw-la wlt_fw-mi ei_o beatitudinem_fw-la scot._n 1._o d._n 4._o cue_n unic_n §._o potest_fw-la aliter_fw-la media_n ut_fw-la media_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la appeti_fw-la nisi_fw-la propter_fw-la finem_fw-la non_fw-la igitur_fw-la potuit_fw-la deus_fw-la
theol._n l._n 1._o pros_fw-la 3._o soto_n in_o rom._n 9_o tract_n de_fw-fr praedestinat_n caietan_n 1_o p._n qu._n 23._o art_n 3._o &_o in_o rom._n 9_o whereof_o all_o be_v clear_a for_o election_n and_o many_o also_o for_o reprobation_n by_o the_o best_a &_o ancient_a schoolman_n that_o i_o have_v look_v into_o so_o that_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v to_o be_v carry_v by_o number_n and_o voice_n caluines_n doctrine_n 151._o doctrine_n report_a by_o the_o reply_n pag._n 151._o that_o god_n have_v predestinate_v without_o any_o merit_n or_o demerit_n of_o their_o part_n that_o be_v predestinate_v only_o because_o it_o so_o please_v he_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v the_o truth_n and_o my_o adversary_n doctrine_n transcribe_v and_o steal_v out_o of_o becanus_n a_o dozen_o leaf_n together_o must_v be_v award_v to_o contain_v 145._o contain_v the_o poison_n of_o the_o most_o pestilent_a opinion_n which_o caluine_n hold_v a.d._n pag._n 145._o the_o poison_n and_o the_o pestilence_n the_o jesuit_n also_o and_o modern_a divine_n of_o latter_a time_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n follow_v the_o same_o conclusion_n and_o maintain_v they_o though_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v that_o some_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o unity_n always_o find_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n dissent_v from_o they_o henriquez_n a_o jesuite_n touch_v election_n 3._o election_n sum._n de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr hom_n cap._n 11._o n._n 3._o say_v the_o true_a and_o common_a opinion_n of_o the_o divine_n suppose_v no_o motive_n cause_n or_o condition_n no_o man_n behalf_n foresee_v of_o god_n why_o he_o shall_v by_o the_o immutable_a will_n of_o god_n be_v love_v and_o predestinate_v to_o eternal_a life_n and_o to_o all_o the_o effectual_a mean_n thereof_o but_o all_o man_n that_o shall_v effectual_o be_v save_v be_v free_o choose_v out_o of_o the_o mass_n of_o corruption_n and_o predestinate_a for_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n before_o the_o prevision_n of_o the_o course_n of_o their_o life_n and_o their_o use_n of_o 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